A Soldier’s Story
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj41zkUuGCc&hl=en&fs=1] Pat Lafferty is an old marine. He’s also Chief Creative Officer at The Travel Channel. Pat Younge, President and GM for the Travel Channel has instructed that all 250 employees of the Channel take the 4-day TCA Bootcamp...
Read moreEmpowering Women – Real Reality
One of the most important aspects of the Video Revolution is the empowerment of women. When I first started working at WCBS News in NY, there was one camerawoman on the staff. She was considered something of an oddity...
Read moreOn Second Thought
He ‘got’ the new media…. On Friday, I was interviewed by Brian Lamb for Q&A on C-Span. (Sunday nights at 8pm) The interview was a grueling 57 minutes without commerical breaks, and unedited. Lamb threw me a few questions...
Read moreEverybody’s Doing It
The $14 Million VJ There seems to be little question now that the “Revolution” is getting past its Revolutionary phase. Katie Couric, anchor for The CBS Evening News was photographed in the CBS newsroom using a small, hand held...
Read moreStewart and Me
Stewart Pittman, one of the most literate and articulate lensmen in the business has a daily blog that I like a lot. You can link it on the right. Today, he posts on his visit to the News Museum,...
Read moreThe Next Frontier
This was once the cutting edge ... A few years ago, a friend of mine was hired to make an ad for M&Ms. The budget was a mind-shattering $3million for a 30-second spot. It got me to thinking.
Read moreTravel Channel Goes to School
This week, we are down at the Travel Channel in Chevy Chase running a Travel Channel Academy, except we are running it for The Travel Channel. Travel Channel President and CEO Pat Younge has decreed that every employee of...
Read moreWill It Fly?
Could we charge extra for baggage? I am sitting in the conference room of a giant publishing company that we have been working with for some time. They understand the concept of video on the web, and of webcasting...
Read moreYour Next Employer
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-vI6dvHhlY&hl=en&fs=1] This lovely film – shot, edited, written and produced by one of our favorite and most talented VJs Francisco Aliwalas (remember Bikin Car Wash for the NY Post?), was commissioned by neither a tv network nor a newspaper....
Read morePulitzer & Youtube offer $10,000 Prize for Citizen Journalism
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQn8pcZ64MI&hl=en&fs=1] For the fifth year, we are offering our €10,000 prize for the best VJ piece through our DNA2009 conference (Brussels, March 4-5). Now Youtube (which has a LOT more money than we do!!!) in partnership with Pulitzer is...
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